Staten Island presents a different pedestrian environment from the denser parts of New York City. Someone walking near the St. George Ferry Terminal may deal with buses, turning traffic, and busy intersections, while pedestrians crossing Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, or Victory Boulevard may encounter wider roads, longer crossings, and multiple lanes of moving traffic.
Pedestrian collisions can happen while someone is crossing an intersection, walking between a bus stop and home, moving through a shopping area, or passing a driveway or parking lot entrance. When a vehicle strikes someone on foot, there is little physical protection from the force of the impact.
A Staten Island pedestrian accident lawyer can examine how a collision happened, determine what evidence may still be available, communicate with insurance companies, and evaluate the parties that may be responsible. Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. handles pedestrian injury matters throughout the city as part of his broader New York City pedestrian accident lawyer practice.
Recent Staten Island Pedestrian Accident Settlements and Related Motor Vehicle Case Results
The firm’s currently published case results do not identify a verified Staten Island pedestrian settlement. Rather than changing the location or circumstances of another case for SEO purposes, the following are relevant motor vehicle results reported by Michael J. Redenburg, Esq.
$900,000 Settlement for Brooklyn E-Bike Collision
Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. obtained a $900,000 settlement for a client injured in a Brooklyn e-bike collision involving a Hummer. According to the firm’s published motor vehicle case results, serious injuries required extensive medical treatment, and the case involved documentation of permanency and future care before resolving at mediation.
$837,500 Settlement for NYC Transit Bus Injury
The firm reports an $837,500 settlement for a client injured while boarding an NYC Transit bus in Brooklyn. The matter resolved during jury selection. This result is included as a related New York City injury matter and is not presented as a Staten Island pedestrian case.
$510,000 Truck Collision Settlement
Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. also reports a $510,000 policy-limits recovery involving a commercial vehicle collision. The firm’s published information states that the client sustained injuries requiring cervical fusion surgery.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every matter depends on its individual facts and circumstances.
Pedestrian Accident Data in Staten Island
Staten Island records fewer overall traffic deaths than some larger New York City boroughs, but serious roadway risks remain.
According to NYC DOT’s 2025 year-end traffic safety report, Staten Island recorded 13 total traffic fatalities in 2025, compared with 12 in 2024. Across New York City, pedestrian fatalities declined from 122 in 2024 to 111 in 2025.
A more detailed picture of local pedestrian risk appears in the NYC DOT 2023 Borough Pedestrian Safety Action Plan update. Using 2017 through 2021 pedestrian fatality and serious-injury data, DOT identified or retained multiple Staten Island corridors and intersections for Vision Zero attention.
More recent projects along Forest Avenue and Victory Boulevard show that the city continues to address pedestrian exposure, traffic speeds, bus activity, crossing distances, and roadway design on Staten Island.
Dangerous Pedestrian Intersections on Staten Island
The following locations are not included simply because they have a reputation for being busy. Each appears in NYC DOT safety data or a recent transportation project involving documented injuries, serious injuries, fatalities, or pedestrian safety concerns.
Forest Avenue and South Avenue
Forest Avenue and South Avenue in Arlington is the subject of a 2026 NYC DOT street improvement project. DOT found that the project area had a killed-or-severely-injured rate of 2.4 per mile, compared with 0.7 for Staten Island overall.
DOT also reported that two pedestrians were killed at the Forest Avenue and South Avenue intersection between 2021 and 2025, both on the south leg of the intersection. Planned changes include a road diet, pedestrian improvements, and a refuge island intended to shorten crossing distances. The full project details are available in the NYC DOT Forest Avenue and South Avenue safety presentation.
Victory Boulevard
Victory Boulevard combines local traffic with substantial bus activity and pedestrian movement.
The NYC DOT Victory Boulevard Transit and Safety Improvements study reports 106 pedestrian injuries between 2019 and 2023 along the Bay Street-to-Wild Avenue study corridor. Fourteen were classified as severe pedestrian injuries, with no pedestrian fatalities recorded in the study data during that period.
Victory Boulevard also carries 16 bus routes and nearly 25,800 average daily bus riders. That means pedestrian activity around bus stops, intersections, and transfers is an everyday part of the corridor.
Hylan Boulevard
Hylan Boulevard is one of Staten Island’s major north-south arterial roads and has received repeated Vision Zero attention.
NYC DOT reported that the Hylan Boulevard corridor from Satterlee Street to Narrows Road South recorded four pedestrian fatalities during the 2017 through 2021 study period. The rate of pedestrians killed or severely injured declined compared with the earlier 2012 through 2016 period, but the corridor remained significant enough to receive safety improvements, including road-diet treatments on portions of Hylan Boulevard.
The combination of long stretches of roadway, commercial areas, bus stops, turning traffic, and broad intersections can produce very different pedestrian conditions from a compact neighborhood street.
Bay Street
Bay Street runs through St. George and Tompkinsville, where ferry connections, Staten Island Railway access, buses, businesses, residences, and vehicle traffic come together.
For the Bay Street corridor between Richmond Terrace and Wadsworth Avenue, NYC DOT recorded 12 pedestrian KSI incidents from 2017 through 2021, including two pedestrian fatalities. That equals approximately 4.2 pedestrians killed or severely injured per mile during the study period.
Conditions around Bay Street are especially relevant because pedestrians may be moving among transit services and nearby destinations while drivers are turning through closely spaced intersections.
Richmond Avenue
Richmond Avenue connects residential neighborhoods with commercial areas, shopping destinations, bus routes, and major cross-island roadways.
Between Willow Road West and the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, NYC DOT reported 15 pedestrian KSI incidents and one pedestrian fatality from 2017 through 2021, or approximately 3.3 pedestrians killed or severely injured per mile.
The corridor’s size, retail activity, parking access, turning vehicles, and major intersections can create several points where people walking and vehicles cross paths.
Broadway
Broadway is another North Shore corridor identified through NYC DOT’s pedestrian safety analysis.
Between Richmond Terrace and Clove Road, the 1.2-mile corridor recorded five pedestrian KSI incidents during 2017 through 2021, corresponding to approximately 4.0 pedestrian KSI per mile.
The corridor passes through developed residential and commercial areas around West Brighton, where pedestrians may be crossing between stores, homes, bus stops, and side streets.
New Dorp Lane
New Dorp Lane differs from some of Staten Island’s wider arterial roads because it combines neighborhood traffic with stores, schools, transit access, parking activity, and the Staten Island Railway area.
NYC DOT’s pedestrian safety update reported approximately 1.9 pedestrian KSI per mile between Richmond Road and Cedar Grove Avenue from 2017 through 2021, compared with 0.6 per mile during the earlier 2012 through 2016 study period.
That increase is one reason the corridor deserves attention when discussing pedestrian conditions around New Dorp.
Pedestrian Accidents Across Staten Island Communities
Pedestrian conditions can change substantially from one part of Staten Island to another.
Around St. George and Tompkinsville, ferry traffic, buses, Bay Street, Victory Boulevard, businesses, and rail connections create regular interaction between pedestrians and vehicles.
In Port Richmond and West Brighton, corridors such as Forest Avenue, Broadway, Port Richmond Avenue, and Richmond Terrace carry combinations of local traffic, buses, commercial vehicles, and people walking between homes and neighborhood businesses.
New Dorp and Dongan Hills include portions of Hylan Boulevard and New Dorp Lane where pedestrians may be moving among stores, schools, rail stations, bus stops, parking areas, and residential streets.
Farther south, communities such as Great Kills, Eltingville, and Tottenville tend to have more vehicle-oriented travel patterns. People may still need to cross major roads to reach homes, stores, schools, parks, or transit.
Pedestrian accident representation elsewhere in New York City involves different street environments. Manhattan claims may involve denser foot traffic and taxi activity, as addressed by the firm’s Manhattan pedestrian accident lawyer page. The firm’s Bronx pedestrian accident lawyer, Brooklyn pedestrian accident lawyer, and Queens pedestrian accident lawyer pages address the different roadway and neighborhood conditions found in those boroughs.
Why Pedestrian Accidents on Staten Island Can Be Different
Pedestrian travel on Staten Island does not always resemble walking in Midtown Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn.
Many Staten Island streets were built around substantial vehicle movement. Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue, Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue, and other arterial roads can involve multiple travel lanes, turning lanes, long blocks, large intersections, and significant distances between opposite sidewalks.
Transit also creates pedestrian traffic in places that otherwise appear car-oriented. A person who takes a bus along Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue, or Richmond Avenue still has to walk between the bus stop and a home, school, store, workplace, or connecting route.
Shopping areas present another type of risk. Pedestrians may move between parked vehicles and storefronts while drivers enter parking lots, leave driveways, back from parking spaces, or turn across pedestrian paths.
These characteristics can make pedestrian safety less about extremely dense foot traffic and more about the interaction between individual pedestrians and roadways designed to carry substantial vehicle traffic. Recent DOT projects involving road diets, refuge islands, shorter crossings, and turn-calming measures reflect those concerns.
Common Causes of Pedestrian Accidents in Staten Island
Many pedestrian collisions begin with an ordinary traffic movement that goes wrong.
A driver may turn through an intersection without noticing someone in the crosswalk, fail to yield while entering or leaving a driveway, accelerate before a pedestrian completes a crossing, back from a parking space, or become distracted while approaching an intersection.
Other crashes may involve speeding, red-light or stop-sign violations, impaired driving, limited nighttime visibility, delivery vehicles, commercial trucks, or rideshare traffic.
Staten Island’s road layout can make vehicle speed particularly important. On a wider arterial street, a driver may need more distance to stop, while a pedestrian may spend more time exposed to traffic while crossing.
Common Pedestrian Injuries
The injuries caused by a pedestrian collision depend on vehicle speed, the angle of impact, where the person was struck, and whether the pedestrian was thrown or knocked to the pavement.
Possible injuries include fractures, head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, knee and leg injuries, shoulder injuries, internal injuries, road rash, and permanent physical limitations. Some crashes result in fatal injuries.
Medical records can become important evidence because they document treatment, diagnosis, recovery, and the longer-term effect of an injury.
Who May Be Responsible for a Pedestrian Accident?
Responsibility depends on the circumstances of the collision.
Potential parties can include passenger vehicle drivers, taxi drivers, delivery drivers, Uber or Lyft drivers, truck drivers, vehicle owners, employers, or government entities when applicable.
New York’s pedestrian right-of-way law under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1151 requires drivers to yield in certain crosswalk situations. A separate provision also requires vehicles entering or leaving driveways, buildings, private roads, or alleyways to yield to pedestrians approaching on the sidewalk.
Those rules do not automatically determine liability in every collision. Video, witness statements, signal timing, vehicle position, roadway conditions, and the conduct of everyone involved may need to be considered.
What to Do After Being Hit by a Vehicle in Staten Island
After a pedestrian collision, obtaining medical care should come first. Call 911 and seek appropriate treatment.
If circumstances allow, obtain the driver’s identifying and insurance information and take photographs or video of the vehicle, roadway, crosswalk, signals, signs, and surrounding area. Witness names and contact information may also become important if there is later disagreement about what happened.
Keep copies of medical records, bills, photographs, and communications related to the collision. The NYPD collision report may also become part of the investigation.
It is generally wise to be careful about detailed statements regarding fault or the extent of an injury before the facts and available insurance coverage are understood.
Evidence That May Help a Pedestrian Accident Claim
Evidence can be particularly important when the driver and pedestrian have different accounts of a crash.
Potential evidence may include surveillance video from homes or businesses, dash-camera footage, photographs, witness statements, NYPD records, vehicle damage, medical documentation, traffic-signal information, insurance records, and employment information when a commercial driver is involved.
Video should be investigated early because some surveillance systems automatically overwrite older footage.
A Staten Island pedestrian accident lawyer can evaluate which sources of evidence may be relevant based on where and how the collision occurred.
Potential Compensation After a Pedestrian Accident
The financial impact of a pedestrian injury may continue long after the day of the collision.
Depending on the facts and applicable law, a claim may involve medical expenses, lost income, future medical treatment, rehabilitation expenses, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, or losses associated with permanent injuries.
The availability and amount of compensation depend on the individual circumstances, insurance coverage, medical evidence, and applicable New York law. A prior settlement cannot predict the value or outcome of another claim.
New York Insurance and Pedestrian Accident Claims
Pedestrians injured by motor vehicles in New York may have access to No-Fault insurance benefits.
The New York State Department of Financial Services auto insurance guidance explains that pedestrians injured by motor vehicles in New York State are protected by No-Fault coverage. Depending on the circumstances, this coverage can apply to qualifying medical expenses, lost earnings, and certain other economic losses regardless of initial fault.
A liability claim may involve additional requirements and different categories of damages.
Fault can also be disputed. The current text of New York CPLR § 1411 addresses how a claimant’s own conduct can affect recovery and now contains specific language concerning certain motor vehicle personal injury actions. How that law applies depends on the circumstances of the individual case.
How Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. Can Help
A pedestrian accident investigation can involve more than determining whether a traffic ticket was issued.
Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. can examine available video, witness information, medical documentation, vehicle ownership, insurance coverage, and employment relationships involving commercial drivers. He can also communicate with insurers and evaluate the evidence relevant to responsibility and damages.
The investigation may be especially important on Staten Island, where a collision could occur on a wide arterial roadway, outside a shopping center, near a bus stop, at a driveway, or within a large multi-lane intersection. The evidence needed in each situation may be different.
Staten Island Pedestrian Accident FAQs
What should I do if I am hit while crossing Hylan Boulevard or another major Staten Island road?
Call 911 and obtain medical treatment first. If you can safely do so, document the vehicle, roadway, crosswalk, traffic signals, signs, and surrounding area. Obtain witness information when possible because a multi-lane intersection can produce different accounts of how the collision occurred.
Can I have a pedestrian accident claim if I was outside a crosswalk?
Being outside a marked crosswalk does not by itself determine the outcome of a claim. Where the pedestrian crossed, what the driver could see, vehicle speed, roadway conditions, and the actions of everyone involved may all matter.
What if the driver leaves the scene?
Report the collision to police as soon as possible. Witness information, surveillance footage, vehicle descriptions, and partial license plate information may help identify the vehicle. Depending on available insurance, uninsured motorist coverage or MVAIC may also become relevant. New York DFS provides information about these situations through its official auto insurance guidance.
Does No-Fault insurance apply to pedestrians on Staten Island?
It may. New York DFS states that pedestrians injured by motor vehicles in New York State are protected by No-Fault coverage. Which insurer is responsible depends on the circumstances.
What if I am struck in a shopping-center parking lot?
Parking lot cases can involve drivers backing from spaces, turning through pedestrian paths, entering driveways, or moving between rows of parked vehicles. Store surveillance footage, parking-lot cameras, witnesses, photographs, and vehicle damage may help establish what happened.
What if a bus, delivery vehicle, or commercial truck hits a pedestrian?
These cases may involve additional questions about vehicle ownership, employment, insurance, and the driver’s activities at the time of the collision. Those issues should be examined along with the basic evidence about how the crash happened.
What evidence should be preserved after a Staten Island pedestrian crash?
Photographs, video, witness information, the police report, medical records, damaged personal property, insurance correspondence, and surveillance footage may all be relevant. Video can be especially time-sensitive because businesses and property owners may overwrite recordings.
Speak With a Staten Island Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
If you or a family member was struck by a vehicle while walking in Staten Island, Michael J. Redenburg, Esq. can review the circumstances, available evidence, insurance issues, and legal options that may apply.
Call (212) 240-9465 or use the firm’s online contact form to request a free consultation.
Every pedestrian collision has different facts, and no past result guarantees the outcome of another matter.